Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 May 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Michael Torpey:

Deputy, I think it's fair to say yes, there were critics of 100% mortgages, we would have been aware of that. There were very real challenges internally in the bank, which had to be addressed. The 100% mortgage question had to be addressed objectively in the context of what it brought, of what the risks were and so forth. And it went through a very, very thorough governance process and the decision, to which I was a party, was that it was an appropriate product to bring in at the time, which, with the benefit of hindsight was not a good decision.

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